Level
1 Concept Map: Interrelationships between Geology, Ecology, Man and the
Environment
Ecology
Man
Environment
Web Board:
Please add your comments/suggestions!
What exactly is a "virtual field trip"?
A
Critical Evaluation of Science-related Virtual Field Trips available on the
World Wide Web
How can I use "virtual field trips" in my
classroom?
Using
the Big Bend Virtual Field Trip in your Classroom
"Chunking" complex concepts
Web Site Contribution Evaluation Rubric
Levels of Inquiry
Global Environmental Change Project
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation's
TORCH - Teacher Outreach programs
Science Education at the University of Texas at
Dallas
What you need to bring...
What we'll take for you...
Big Bend National Park, (Official NPS Home Page)
The University of Texas at Dallas, Texas
The Dallas Museum of Natural History
The Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife
Sanctuary, McKinney, TX
Course Outline
Field Notebooks
Field Trip Release Form
Field Experience Questionnaire
Geology: Dr. Homer Montgomery, mont@utdallas.edu
Ecology: Dr. Cynthia Ledbetter,
ledbeter@utdallas.edu
Man's Impact: Mr. Hal Groeneboer
Technology: Ms. Rebekah Nix, rnix@utdallas.edu
General: Science Education Department at the
University of Texas at Dallas, 972-883-2496
Big Bend, in case of emergency: Panther Junction
Ranger Station, 915-477-2251
Reciprocal
links to related web sites
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation,
Teacher Outreach Program
Dallas Outdoors
North American Association for Environmental
Education (NAAEE)
Institute for the Study of Earth and Man (ISEM) at
Southern Methodist University (SMU)
SPECIAL REPORT from Dr.
Bonnie Jacobs!
Simplified Geologic Time Scale, posted by the United
States Geological Survey (USGS).
"A Day in the Desert Digging Dinosaurs"
Geology 202, Introduction to Petrology
The Big Bend National Park Virtual Field Trip, Texas
A&M University Department of Geology & Geophysics
NSTA Outcrops in the Classroom
Dr. Ledbetter's Desert Ecology & Field Methods
notes
The Virtual Library of Ecology and Biodiversity
Desert Studies, by Susan Hixson
Texas Water from the Texas Parks & Wildlife
Department
Texas Eco-Regions Charts from the Texas Parks &
Wildlife Department
DesertUSA
Arid and Semi-Arid Environments: Remote Sensing
Research and Applications from the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
The Evergreen Project: virtual biome
EcoQuest: Desert Edition
The Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web
Server
USGS Global Change Research Program
The Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute (CDRI)
Miscellaneous links of current
interest
Geologic Map
Tectonic Map
Population Estimate
Shaded Relief Map
Vegetation Types Map
Texas River Basins, Rivers & Natural Areas
Water Usage Map
Precipitation Map
Satellite Image of Texas
Casio Digital Camera lesson
PhotoWorks.com
Communication, Collaboration & Creativity
Inspiration, visual thinking and learning software
Community Juggling
If I Had A Hammer
Balancing Acts
Who Was I?
Rope Trick!
More Rope Tricks!
Fuzzy or Furry?
Trees, Trees & More Trees!
WATER CHEMISTRY
·
Chlorine,
hardness, alkalinity, pH, copper, iron
·
Nitrate/nitrite
and phosphate
·
Dissolved
oxygen
SITE DESCRIPTION
·
GPS
coordinates
·
Temperature
·
Relative
humidity
·
Wind
speed and direction
·
Noise
level
Data
Collection Field Logs: June 2000
E.
coli Test
Grid Images
Terlingua Creek
Cattail Falls
Petrifilm Interpretation
Sample
field report
UTD
Classroom Activities
Tents
& Technologies
Dr.
Montgomery's Geology of Big Bend Introduction
Dallas
Museum of Natural History
Parkhill
Prairie
Heard
Natural Science Museum
Trinity
River Authority
BIG
BEND NATIONAL PARK
Day 1: Driving from Dallas to Big Bend
Day 2a: Santa Elena Canyon
Day 2b: Lost Mine Trail
Day 3a: Cattail (Hidden) Falls
Day 3b: Hot Springs
Day 4a: Dinosaur Bones!
Day 4b: Colorado Canyon
Day 5a: Tree Transect
Day 5b: The Basin
Day 6a: Boquillas Canyon
Day 6b: From 'The Window' back to Dallas
Texas Wildflowers
GO Image Gallery